St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-28
AFTER THE SKlRNIESH.

Carefully viewed after the smoke of battle
has cleared away, the results of Saturday
nights caucuses are eminently satisfac-
tory. The Democrats find themselves free of
feuds, chickering's and bad blood and repre-
sented by good. clean men in every quarter.
The electors rose above men, in the ward
and precinct struggles and placed in the field
the best and most available timber They
may now look forward with all reasonable
certainty to complete victory at the polls
tomorrow week. Almost beyond the
shadow of doubt. the next council will
contain twenty Democrats, at least, out of
the thirty-six. Many of the nominees for
aldermen are old familiar figures, in whom
the general public have confidence, while
the new men are armed with all the strength
OF personal integrity and popularity. The
caucuSeS were vigorous and lively, as be-
came the caucuses of q dominant party,
but they left no sores and the party will
present united front next Tuesday. At
the Algonquin club rooms, where the re-
turns were received, smiles and congratua-
tons were the order of Saturday evening
and the great masses of the party went salts
fed and happy to bed.
ON THE REPUBLICAN, SIDE
the reverse was the case, and in several of
the critical wards the situation is such as to
bring fOrboding and disnay to the party
leaders. At the Union League rooms, where
the returns were brought, scowling and
gloomy faces were the rule and whispers
and dark mutterings frequent. The reports
from the Second, F ourth, Fifth, Eighth,
Eleventh and Twelfth wards We're far from
satisfactory, and the fact that all of these
wards were confidently relied upon for Re-
publican aldermen did not improve the sit
uaJiOn. In most of them there is dark
and fOrbidding scar as the result of the eau
cuSeS, and even the successful candidates
for nomination found no reason for rejOic-
ing. In the Second, to take them categor-
ically, the denomination of Barrows alien
ated many workingmen. The labor party
made special appeal for his defeat and
aroused Phillip Hertzog as good man to
do it, but the wheel horses of the East Re-
publicans. led by John S. PiilSbury, rallied
around BarrowS and carried him through.
The thought that all labor votes will desert
him OH election day was not comforting.
IN THE FOURTH
d.. A. McArthnr received a majority of
the votes cast but it is now conceded that
the bosses have decided he shall not be
nominated. A plot to that emf has already
been set in motion, and it is said that Free
L
Arthur suspected as much on Saturday
night, and will not submit tamely to any
such procedure If he is done out of the
nomination. he will probably take the field
as an independent, while it is equally sure
that if he is nominated the bosses will cut
him. No details of the plan are known,
but McArthurs friends were far from jubi-
liant yesterday, notwithstanding his splen-
did showing at the polls. There was
too much whispering over the Fourth ward
returns to suit them. But this trouble
dwindles into insignificance and is almost
lost When compared with the internal dis
sensions which rack and torture the Fifth
ward. Fol once this ward will break its
precedence. and will nominate the man
who carried the caucuses. c. W. Clark
has nineteen of the thirty-seven delegates.
but it is freely predicted that when the con-
vention is held he will be found to have
gained several and will be nominated. The
ward is in great state of excitement over
it, and the friends of j.. o. Pattee will be
heard from later.
THIS CENTRAL WARD
was once the banner of Republicanism and
could always be relied on for a majority
ranging from 1900 to 1900. 1t is the home
OF many of the men most prominent in
the councils of the party, including Loren
Fletcher, c. A. PillSbury, Il. &. Hicks, G.